New Clock Record

My new personal best, check mate in 13 seconds / 16 moves.

yeah, but it was 16 moves in 13 seconds. That's Neo in the Matrix speed.

well..... unless you can post it..... I'll be holding on to this title for now.

oh, and I didn't use any 'opening' gimmicks like getting check mate w/queen and bishop against a noob. But I'm sure somebody will post a faster speed than what I did. But for now, the air is sweet up here.

Yet you are in the app.

Uh, where is the checkmate?

No offense, but resigning doesn't count. We're talking a full on check mate.

Everybody has. King's pawn opens, slide out the queen, slide out the bishop, then check mate. ZZZzzzzzzz doesn't count. No gimmicks. Straight game of chess with a checkmate, and post your results. Until then, I will sit on my throne until a 12 second check mate knocks me down.

Slumming? Go pick on somebody your own size. And while you're at it, post your fastest checkmate. 12 seconds or better will easily shut me down.

You are at noob levels.

It's impressive, but it matters less at lower elo rankings. It would be more noteworthy if it were against high-ranked players.

Actually it's the opposite. 2 high end players could never checkmate the other that quickly. Why? Because they are high end players and it's not possible to checkmate one under that short of time. I'm still holding at 13 seconds. Somebody beat my record so I can let this go. It took me years to play this fast. 16 moves in 13 seconds to mate! Chewed up and spit out.

Here ya go my man game ended in 5 moves with checkmate in 7 seconds.

I beat your record.

The reason a fast checkmate is more impressive at high Elo is because it’s so rare. At low Elo, quick checkmates happen because of mistakes, but at high Elo, they happen because of sheer skill. If a titled player got checkmated in 13 seconds, it would be a historic moment in chess. That’s why speed against strong opposition is more impressive than speed against someone likely to blunder.